Desempenho de linhagens de feijão-caupi com grãos de tegumento branco rugoso extra grandes sob cultivo irrigado.

Este trabalho teve por objetivo verificar o desempenho produtivo de 19 genótipos de feijão-caupi em cultivo irrigado nas condições edafoclimatológicas de Teresina-PI. O experimento foi conduzido sob irrigação por aspersão convencional, na Embrapa Meio-Norte, em Teresina, Piauí, nos anos 2008/2009. Foram realizados três ensaios utilizando-se delineamento de blocos casualizados com quatro repetições e 19 tratamentos, onde avaliou-se a produtividade de grãos. Utilizou-se a análise de variância univariada para aferir as respostas dos genótipos aos diferentes ambientes de cultivo e o teste Scott-Knott para comparação das médias. Foi observada resposta diferenciada dos genótipos nos ambientes. Na análise conjunta foi detectada diferença entre ambientes e a interação genótipo x ambiente foi significativa. Os melhores genótipos foram MNC05-828C-1-11, BRS Novaera, MNC05-829C-1-8 e MNC05-828C-30-11, todos com produtividade média superior a 1.400 kg.ha-1, podendo chegar 1.800 kg.ha-1. O melhor ambiente foi Teresina 2009 com produtividade de grãos média de 1.572,59 kg.ha-1.CONAC 2012. Disponível em: http://www.conac2012.org/resumos/pdf/182b.pdf. Acesso em: 05 ago. 2013

Avaliação da resistência e da produção de massa seca em genótipos de feijão-caupi submetidos à infecção viral.

As doenças ocasionadas por vírus em feijão-caupi são de grande importância econômica por causarem perdas na produção em até 80% nas cultivares mais suscetíveis. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a resistência e a massa seca em genótipos de feijão-caupi aos vírus CABMV e CPSMV sorotipos I e II, em infecção simples e mista. Foram avaliados 43 genótipos, envolvendo linhagens e cultivares de diferentes procedências. Foi utilizado o delineamento inteiramente casualizado com oito repetições para o ensaio com inoculo viral (I-1) e duas repetições para o ensaio somente com a solução tampão de fosfato de sódio (I-0), para cada genótipo. Os dados obtidos foram avaliados pelos softwares SAS para realização das análises de variância e pelo Genes para avaliação do teste de Scott-Knott ao nível de 5% de probabilidade. Os resultados revelaram 29 genótipos resistentes ao CPSMV e 11 genótipos resistentes ao CABMV. Como fonte de resistência múltiplas os genótipos CNCx698-128F, Pativa, TE97-309G-4, TE97-309G-9, TE97-309G-22, TE97-3321G-8, TVu 379, TVu 382, TVu 3961 e TVu 966.CONAC 2012. Disponível em: http://www.conac2012.org/resumos/pdf/220a.pdf. Acesso em: 07 ago. 2013

Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory

Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of the Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz, Poland, July 2009.Comment: Contributions to the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, July 200

The Pierre Auger Observatory III: Other Astrophysical Observations

Astrophysical observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger ObservatoryComment: Contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, China, August 201

A search for point sources of EeV photons

Measurements of air showers made using the hybrid technique developed with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for point sources of EeV photons anywhere in the exposed sky. A multivariate analysis reduces the background of hadronic cosmic rays. The search is sensitive to a declination band from -85{\deg} to +20{\deg}, in an energy range from 10^17.3 eV to 10^18.5 eV. No photon point source has been detected. An upper limit on the photon flux has been derived for every direction. The mean value of the energy flux limit that results from this, assuming a photon spectral index of -2, is 0.06 eV cm^-2 s^-1, and no celestial direction exceeds 0.25 eV cm^-2 s^-1. These upper limits constrain scenarios in which EeV cosmic ray protons are emitted by non-transient sources in the Galaxy.Comment: 28 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journa

Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than $60^\circ$ detected with the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The measured signals at the ground level are fitted to muon density distributions predicted with atmospheric cascade models to obtain the relative shower size as an overall normalization parameter. The method is evaluated using simulated showers to test its performance. The energy of the cosmic rays is calibrated using a sub-sample of events reconstructed with both the fluorescence and surface array techniques. The reconstruction method described here provides the basis of complementary analyses including an independent measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using very inclined events collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory.Comment: 27 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP

Atmospheric effects on extensive air showers observed with the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Atmospheric parameters, such as pressure (P), temperature (T) and density, affect the development of extensive air showers initiated by energetic cosmic rays. We have studied the impact of atmospheric variations on extensive air showers by means of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The rate of events shows a ~10% seasonal modulation and ~2% diurnal one. We find that the observed behaviour is explained by a model including the effects associated with the variations of pressure and density. The former affects the longitudinal development of air showers while the latter influences the Moliere radius and hence the lateral distribution of the shower particles. The model is validated with full simulations of extensive air showers using atmospheric profiles measured at the site of the Pierre Auger Observatory.Comment: 24 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physic

The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It combines a surface array to measure secondary particles at ground level together with a fluorescence detector to measure the development of air showers in the atmosphere above the array. The fluorescence detector comprises 24 large telescopes specialized for measuring the nitrogen fluorescence caused by charged particles of cosmic ray air showers. In this paper we describe the components of the fluorescence detector including its optical system, the design of the camera, the electronics, and the systems for relative and absolute calibration. We also discuss the operation and the monitoring of the detector. Finally, we evaluate the detector performance and precision of shower reconstructions.Comment: 53 pages. Submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section